Giles Lyon
Memory Quilt

Memory Quilt
Memory Quilt
Memory Quilt
ArtistAmerican, born 1967
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Memory Quilt
Date1996–1997
PlaceUnited States
MediumAcrylic and collage on canvas
Dimensions56 1/8 × 115 3/16 in. (142.5 × 292.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Minnette and Jerome Robinson, Cecily E. Horton, and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Johnson
Object number99.73
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Alexandre de Folin Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Part II)," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millennium Gallery, November 15, 2008 - January 11, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: The painting is inscribed in pencil twice, verso, above each signature: "Memory Quilt".
The painting is signed twice, verso; once in the upper left of the canvas: "Giles Lyon 96-97" and once on the left side of the central horizontal crossbar: "Giles Lyon 97".

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